Bk 2 - Chapter 18 - Punishment

Natalia

I was so bored. Daniel had told me not to do any housework but I was sorely tempted to start dinner just to have something to do. I found a book and tried to read like he told me. The book didn't hold my attention, though. My life has been much more interesting lately than some crime novel. My whole life had been boring before I met him. I hadn't realized it while I was living it. After meeting Daniel , it was like I was living in color now, but my previous life had all been black and white.

Watching my dad die had been brutal. At the end, he could barely shuffle to the bathroom without help. His body had been riddled with cancer that had spread. He was weak and in pain. My life had been on hold. I wasn't like Quinn. I couldn't leave him or my mom like that. I'd done everything I could to help but I hadn't lived. Maybe that's why, when the opportunity arose, I got the hell out of there. I needed a change. This new life I was living was most certainly a change. I was elated, eag